Merle Friedman’s Health Care Practice combines Integrative Medicine with Chinese Medicine and current Medical Science. The State of Florida licenses Merle to perform diagnostics, prescribe supplements,  Chinese Herbs and Homeopathic Products and treat patients with acupuncture.

Merle’s Integrative Medicine practice is a combination of modern medical practices and methods of alternative medicine with traditional Chinese Medicine.

Merle Friedman is a Florida College of Integrative Medicine graduate in Orlando with a Master’s Degree of Oriental Medicine, Bachelors Degree of Health Sciences and Bachelors Degree of Clinical and Community Dietetics from The University of Florida. In addition, Merle Friedman has worked as a Health Care Practitioner for over 42 years with expert knowledge in conventional and alternative medicine and the practice of Integrative Medicine.

What Is Integrative Medicine?

Many people have no idea what Integrative Medicine is because it’s not simply just one thing – it’s a combination of old and new and a variety of approaches and treatments to improve the health of the whole person. It’s considered a holistic movement that recognizes the psychosomatic unity of the person as the vital focal point to improve the quality of life. Integrative Medicine is just beginning to feel its presence in many of the nation’s hospitals, universities, and medical schools. Read what the Mayo Clinic has to say about Integrative Medicine, click on Mayo Clinic.

A patient’s condition is more than the sum of illnesses. When a patient gets a checkup — this is the starting point where Integrative Medicine, begins. Patients are more connected in different health areas that include treatments from conventional medicine, Chinese Medicine, nutrition, fitness, yoga, tai chi, meditation, and other practices that can help a person live a better quality life with optimal health. Integrative Medicine involves lifestyle changes to keep up with a consistent balance of different health dimensions.

Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is an applied form of Integrative Medicine. Functional Medicine takes the same holistic approach as Integrative Medicine looking at the whole body’s physical, mental, and emotional needs. Functional Medicine develops individualized treatments to address the underlying cause of the illness or health issue. Functional Medicine is part of the larger body of knowledge and practice of Integrative Medicine.

Treating the Whole Person

Both doctors and patients alike are bonding with the philosophy of Integrative Medicine and its’ whole-person approach — designed to treat the person, not just the disease.

Integrative Medicine is a partnership between the patient and the doctor, where the goal is to treat the mind, body, and spirit simultaneously.

While some of the therapies used may be considered non-conventional medicine, the guiding principle of Integrative Medicine is to use therapies and procedures that have evidence of producing quality results.

Call Merle Friedman (813) 381-3835 today to be examined, diagnosed and treated to help solve your medical problem and improve your health. Merle accepts most insurance companies that recognize acupuncture as an effective treatment for their subscribers – please check with your insurance company for further details.

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